[SPOILER] Team SKY - Tour de Romandie

[Cheddar George]

Team SKY - Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers, Kanstantsin Siutsou, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins.

This is looking closer to the Tour de France line up, just reading the team sheet gets me excited. I have high expectations for Wiggins.

 

[Nearly there]

Sky have been very average since portugal its time to deliver

 

[subaqua]

my money is on Geraint

 

[raindog]

prologue today from 3 to 5.30 - 3.3ks long and slightly downhill so will be bloody fast.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

prologue today from 3 to 5.30 - 3.3ks long and slightly downhill so will be bloody fast.

A bit silly, really.

 

[smutchin]

A bit silly, really.

I'm sure Chris Boardman will agree with you there.

d.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I'm sure Chris Boardman will agree with you there.

Why? Is he racing? Seriously though, these very short TT prologues are not much more than a parade for the sponsors. It would be more meaningful in racing terms if it was even 10km.

 

[smutchin]

Is he racing?

I don't think he was ever "racing" even at the peak of his career...

I suppose the argument is that a short prologue is more fair on the non-TTers who might otherwise lose significant time before the race has even started, but even taking that into account, 3.3km is ridiculously short.

d.

 

[raindog]

A prologue is just a way of getting the race rolling and "introducing" all the riders to the public, the length hardly matters.

 

[raindog]

Thomas fastest so far. Changing conditions - windy with possible rain, which will bugger things up.

Can the OP or a mod put "spoiler" in the thread title, or we'll all get a bollocking if we discuss results.

 

[Scoosh]

 

[raindog]

cheers Scoosh

Cav 3rd and it's started raining

 

[smutchin]

Watching the live coverage now. Richie Porte's cadence is just silly.

Edit: having seen a few more riders going off now, they seem to be all just as silly. Spintastic!

d.

 

[raindog]

have you seen Basso go yet? Not heard them mention him

 

[smutchin]

Just seen a tweet that said the last rider has gone off, so presumably Basso went early.

Evans looks like he's quick so far...

[edit: ...but finishes 20 seconds down on Thomas, who therefore wins the prologue. Yay!]

d.